Payroll & Timekeeping Senior Manager
About The Position
As a GDIT Payroll and Timekeeping Senior Manager, you’ll enable the success of the most critical government missions and the growth of a meaningful career in Finance. This is a hybrid role. The Payroll and Timekeeping Senior Manager will oversee the accurate, compliant, and efficient management of employee compensation and labor tracking —especially under strict regulatory frameworks tied to government contracts. Lead payroll and timekeeping operations to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time, while maintaining full compliance with government contracting requirements (e.g., labor laws, audit standards, and contract-specific rules).
Requirements
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
- 7+ years of related experience in both payroll and timekeeping
- Leadership/supervisory experience
- Competency in multi-state payroll processes, tax compliance, audit compliance, policy enforcement, and motivational management techniques.
- Experience in Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams
Nice To Haves
- APA certification
Responsibilities
- Oversee end-to-end payroll processing across multiple projects, contracts, or entities
- Ensure timekeeping systems accurately capture labor hours aligned with contract billing requirements
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and contract-specific regulations (e.g., DCAA, FAR)
- Lead audits and support government reviews of labor charging and payroll practices
- Implement and improve payroll/timekeeping systems, controls, and processes
- Manage and mentor payroll and timekeeping staff
- Partner with finance, HR, and contracts teams to ensure proper labor cost allocation and reporting
- Drive innovation, automation, AI, process improvements, and compliance
- Manage payroll/timekeeping general ledger reconcilations
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
